PELARGONIUM MONILIFORME

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1843. It is found in western South Africa, growing in sand, clay and quarts with some water and lots of sun. The root is a line of roundish tubers which each can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six centimetres in height. The flowers are from white over cream to yellow with red markings.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name referring to the small tubers which forms on its main or lateral roots. This is a winter-grower. Photo by Vered A. Mann. Photo by Vered A. Mann. Photo by Vered A. Mann.